Max Havlick

An intense, energetic senior hard to categorize, Max still pursues serious goals. His grandfather and father came from Prague to Tulsa, Okla. as electrical engineers; his mother was born Jean Russell in Oregon. Born in Omaha, Max was raised in Tulsa where his Dad was a Supt. at the Bethlehem Steel plant. Max graduated Tulsa CHS majoring in English, Latin, history, math, and science (see Hubpages "Tulsa Central High School Senior Class Poem of 1951). 

Education. Baylor B.A. in history, religion, and English (1955); M.A. intellectual history (1969), grad. studies in theology (77 hrs) and history at USC, NYU, Univ. Illinois Chicago (1988-94 ABD). Unfinished dissertation "The Framework of Intellectual Conflict" resolved differences between relativist historian Carl Becker (Cornell) and counter-relativist philosopher Maurice Mandelbaum (Johns Hopkins). 

Work. Diverse experience, incl. G.E. (Washer production, Univac I operator); Remington Rand Univac; CBS TV; Harvard Univ. Earth and Planetary Physics, and Social Psychology; Overnight Typing Service (Harvard Sq.); U.N. Secretariat; and many independent projects as editor, teacher, consultant, manager, etc. 

Family. Five children, four grandchildren, and counting. Single 10 yrs in 1986, Max met Fay Marie (Dean) in Tulsa where they married on July 6th before moving to Chi-ca-ga (sic; see Hub poem "Occasional Verse: When Fay and I Got Married"), living there happily ever after.  

Current. In Aug. 1999, Max started New World Community Enterprises, Inc. to provide editing, consulting, and other problem-solving services to scholars, small firms, and new start-ups. NWCE currently shelters two projects seeking fresh funding and 2nd-generation management: Matthew Studies Institute (DuPage Co., Jan. 1998), and The Max Havlick School (Tulsa, April 1985; DuPage Co., Jan. 2005). Current projects include a Writers Workshop and a Realistic Employment Workshop in which any serious fellow hubber may participate without charge by simply reading the hubs. 

Philosophy. With a restless curiosity prompting thoughts about almost everything, Max craves intelligent response ("It's a two-way world"), but he considers it no longer legitimate for anyone, including himself, to act as if their views were the only views that good and reasonable people could possibly hold ("Each one sees what he carries in his heart," Goethe, Faust).

Max finds the world continuing to be created in the actions or inactions of each individual. His mantra "people are different" urges a spiritual and intellectual love that cares deeply about others and seeks to understand how, why, and to what effect and purpose they differ.